Nouns

Lesson Overview

• What is a Noun?• Kinds of Nouns

- Singular vs. Plural- Collective Nouns- Concrete vs. Abstract- Proper vs. Common- Count vs. Non-Count

What is a Noun?

• Noun = “name”• The simple definition is: a person, place or

thing.• Examples:- Person: man, woman, teacher, Mary, John- Place: home, office, town, country- Thing: car, money, music, chair, dog

Singular or Plural Nouns

• Singular nouns name only one person, place, thing, or idea.

• Plural nouns name more than one of the same person, place, thing, or idea.

• Plural nouns are usually formed by adding -s or –es to singular nouns.

Singular & plural Nouns

• Dog

• Dogs

• Glass

• Glasses

Plural Nouns

• 字尾若是 s 、 x 、 sh 、 ch 加 “ es”- watch watches box _____• 字尾若是 f 、 fe 改 “ ves”- leaf leaves knife ______ • 子音加 y 時， 去 y 加 “ ies”• Story stories body ______

Collective Nouns ( 集合名詞 )

• Name a class or a group• Usually treated as singular (aslo called group

nouns)• Team

• family

Concrete( 實體 ) & Abstract( 抽象 ) Nouns

• Concrete nouns name things you can experience ( 體驗 ) with your senses( 感官 ) (dog, car, water)

• Abstract noun name ideas or qualities you can’t experience your senses (hope, peace, happiness)

Concrete and Abstract Nouns

Concrete Nouns• Bicycle, apple, fire , bed

Abstract Nouns• Happiness, surprise, beauty,

justice

Proper & Common Nouns

• Proper nouns name specific people, place and things: Michael Jackson, London, Oxford University

• Common nouns name general people, place, and things: singer, city, school

• Proper Nouns are usually capitalized ( 大寫 )

Count( 可數 ) and Non-Count ( 不可數 )

Nouns• Count nouns: tree,

book, box

• Non-Count nouns: air, music, sadness

數量詞• 修飾可數名詞 : - Many ( ), a few ( ), few ( ),

several ( )• 修飾不可數名詞- much( ), a little ( ), little ( ) • 修飾可數 / 不可數名詞- A lot of= lots of ( ), some ( ), no = not

any ( ), any ( )僅限於疑問和否定句